Events

The Fair Pricing Act (S705/A2140) is proposed state legislation designed to bring transparency and equity to hospital pricing. Its core mission: Standardize the cost of routine medical procedures. Require hospitals to publicly justify any additional charges. Why does this matter? Disparate and predatory pricing is a significant barrier to necessary, affordable care, directly leading to ... Read more

Join us for a lively discussion on how immigrants are reshaping the landscape of higher education! Immigrants have long faced structural challenges when accessing and thriving within educational systems and academic spaces. These include linguistic barriers, precarious legal status, limited access to financial aid, cultural exclusion, and the emotional toll of navigating institutions not designed ... Read more

Executive Producer Nancy Bui of the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation joins GETSEA and 25 universities across North America to watch Vietnamerica together simultaneously and connect via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmaker about the Vietnamese diaspora, their struggle, and how Master Hoa’s story is a prism to see the larger group. Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen ... Read more

“Blackboards & Barriers” is a documentary that takes us to Cecil County, Maryland's Colored Schools through interviews with former students. This film tells a story of how community members endured and fought against civil rights issues and impacted the broader Civil Rights movement. Filmmaker, Joseph Piner, will be speaking to the audience afterwards.

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation with Edward Wong, diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times and author of At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China. The son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, D.C., Wong grew up among family secrets, especially those surrounding his ... Read more